Butcher&#39;s scale-pan.



J. PELDM'AN.' BUTGHBRS SCALE PAN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 17, 1909.

944,777. Patented De.28,1909.

w/mfssfsl y By r I Arrow/sys l To. all 'whom it'wiay concern:

.p UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEieE- JACOB EELDMAN, or NEW Tonk, N. -Y.

BUTCHERS SCALE-PAN.

Be it known that I, JACOB FELDMAN, a

subject of the Czar of Russia, and a residentv of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, 1n the county of Kings and' State of New York, have invented anew and Im proved Butchers Scale-Pan, of which the following is a: full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to scale pans such as used by butchers ,in weighing meat. These pans are of -very large d-iameter and are usually provided with a rigid bail which extends upwardly in the form of a yoke, the ends of which are attached at o posite sides of the pan. This yoke is also-of arge dimensions, and the fact that it is rigidly 'attached' y to the pan renders it inconvenient to put the.

pan out of the way when not in use.

An object of this invention is to provide a pan of this class having a pivoted hail provided wth improved means 'for' locking the hail rigidly in its upright position; the locking-device is constructed so, that it can be readily disengaged to enable Athe bail to be folded down upon the pan nearly in the pla-ne of the pan. `When the Ibail is folded in this niannerthe pan can be readily set against the wall and will occupy very iittle space.. y

A further object of the invention is to improve the general structure of the pan.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly Vset forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part o fthis speciication, in which the iigure is a perspective of a pan having abail constructed accordlookin device, this view' showing the hail in itsV olded position in dotted lines.

I' provide diametrically Referring more articularly to 'fthe parte, 1 represents the b y of thefpan which is of large diameter presenting a narrow ange or rim 2. Acrossthe bottom of the pan Sed stra s or bars 3, -and at their extremities these ars `turn upwardl and are attached to the rin 2, as indicate The ends of the straps are provided with outwardly rojectinlg ears 4 which are disposed in al Ysu tantia y horizontal plane. -To these ears 4,51and1es or side rails 5 and 5l are rigidly'a tached on opposite sides orfwthe ears. These rails are'slmply Speeication of Letters Patent.

Application led March 17, 1909. Serial No. 483,883.

'bent bars which curve so as to coliform to the general outline of the pan, and their extremities have downwardly bent Shanks 6 ally attached, as shown. The other fork 10 of the bailvis pivotally attached to an up# wardly extending ear 11. which is formed on the bar 5a at its middle point. This ear 11 Patented Dec. 28, 1909.

is diametrically opposite to the ear 7. The

upper end ofthe ear 11 is bent outwardly so as' to form a fin 12, and ythis iin is provided with an angularQ opening 13 which extends downwardly through it, as indicated.

On the fork 10 of the bail',`alock ingiringj 14 is mounted to slide freely.` 0n its outer i side this ring is provided with a downwardly projecting finger 15,'which is adapted to be receivedin the opening 13, as w1 ll be readily understood. When in this posltion the ring 14 will evidently lock the bail 9 rigidly to the pan so that the pan can support the meat without" turning over. The upper part of the bail 9 is provided with a hookll hy means of which the pan may be supported on the scale. l.Vixen the pan isto be set to one. side, the locking ring let will be raised yin the manner indicated 1n the drawing, so as to disengage theiinger 15.

troni the iin 12. When this has-heen done, the bail may he folded down into a hori- 'zont-al position, as indicated by the dotted outline. "The bail will then lie nearly in the plane of the pan, and the .panv will then occupyr very little space. u

The straps Slwhieh pass under the bottom of the pan are rigidly attached to it by rivets 1?'as indicated, and form a reinforcement for the pan body as well as affording means orattaching the side bars 5 and 5.

Having thus described my' invention, what claim as new and ters Patent,-

1.1K pan, a in the form-Of a how pivotally' connected at its ends to said pan, and adapted-to Yswing on a dlalnetric axis of said pan, an outwardly, ro]ect desire to securehy laet-v {inadjacent to the pivot point o said ha and a locking ring sliding on said bail and having a finger adapted to engage said iin to lock said bail-rigidly with respect to sind pan.

11e i A panrenting u wai-ilyY projecting ears diametricallyopposite to each other, ap

'je'cting iin with "an opening therein, and a sliding ring mounted on thefork adjacent to said iin-and having a nger adapted to be received in said opening.

3. A pan, curved rails rigidly attached to said pan on opposite sides thereof, a bail having forks pivotall7 attached to said rails, one of said rails disposed projecting member, and a ring mounted projecting member and adapted-to engage the rSame to spect to said pan.

sliding having a laterally on the fork adjacent to said lockjisaid bail rlgidly with re- 4. A pan, a pair of straps disposed diametrically across the bottom thereof and having ears pan, rails attached to saidears on opposite sides of said pan, a bail having forks pivotally attached to said rails, and Ameans mounted on `one of said forks for rigidly lockingV said bail to one of said rails.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to `this specification in vthe presence of tvvo subscribing Witnesses.

JAooB FELDMALN Witnesses:

EVERARD B; MARSHALL, F. D. AMMEN.'

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